Air Force Times: An Air Force colonel is one of 26 Americans facing trial in an Italian court in the 2003 detention of a Muslim cleric terrorism suspect who was turned over to Egypt and later tortured.

News and Observer: New documents show that the job at N.C. State University created for the state’s former First Lady, Mary Easley, was orchestrated at the highest levels of state government, and included the direct involvement of then-Governor Mike Easley.